Cuff-holder.



H. W. WINTER.

CUFF HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1912.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH COHV'VASHINGTCIN, D. c.

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HENRY W. WINTER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COL'UMBIA.

CUFF-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

Application filed July 23, 1912. Serial No. 711,127.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W'. WINTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have in- .vented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cuff holders and has as its object to provide a holder which may be readily applied to a cuff and coat sleeve and which when properly adjusted will hold the cufl securely in correct pos1- tion within the coat sleeve.

Another aim of the invention is to so con struct the holder that when applied to a cufi' it will serve as a brace for the buttoned corners of the cuff and will prevent these corners being bent down should the wearer rest his arm upon a table, or the like.

Further the invention aims to provide a cuff holder so constructed that it may be readily attached to a coat sleeve without wrinkling the sleeve and without in any way injuring the lining thereof.

The invention also has as its object to provide a cuff holder embodying means for attaching the same to a cuff, which means wiilil constitute also means for closing the cu For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figurel is a perspective view of the device applied to a cuff and coat sleeve. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device detached. Fig. 3 is a sectional view illustrating the device applied to a cuff. Fig. 4: is a detail sectional view illustrating the means provided for holding the bracing finger of the device at adjustment. Fig. 5 is a group perspective view illustrating the parts of the device disassembled. Fig.6 is a perspective view illustrating a slight modification of the invention. Fig. 7 is a similar view illustrating a further modification.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and inclicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the device is illustrated as including a shank 1 which is preferably in the nature of a relatively narrow and relatively stiif sheet metal strip. Secured upon one side of the shank 1 at one end thereof, in any suitable manner, is a pin 2 which corresponds in construction to an ordinary safety pin. As illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing this pin has its back secured to the said side of the strip 1 and extends longitudinally of the strip. As will be observed from inspection of Fig. 5 of the drawing, the strip 1 is formed adjacent its other end with an opening 3 and at opposite sides of the said opening and between the same and the lateral edges of the strip, with indentations A, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing. The device includes a bracing finger and this finger is indicated in the drawing by the numeral 5 and is formed with an opening 6 located adjacent one end thereof. A button 7 is provided with a shank 8 which is fitted loosely through the openings 8 and 6 and is headed as at 9 so as to pivotally support the finger 5 upon the said strip 1. By referring to Figs. 3 and 1 of the drawing it will be ob served that the finger 5 is stamped up between its opening 6 and the adjacent end of the strip 1, whereby to form a stud 10. This stud projects from that side of the finger 5 which is disposed against the shank 1 and it will be readily understood that the finger may be swung to extend at right angles from either side of the shank, as for example, as shown in Fig. 2, or in an opposite direction, and that it will be held in such position and at such adjustment by the engagement of the stud 10 in one or the other of the sockets A. In using this form of the invention, the finger 5 is positioned so as to extend beyond one lateral edge or the other of the shank 1, and the button is inserted through one of the button holes of the cuff, indicated specifically by the numeral 11. When properly assembled with the cufl, the finger 5 will have its ends substantially co-incident with the edge of the cuff adjacent to the said button hole 11. The usual tab 12 is then buttoned over the button 7 and finally the pin 2 is connected with the lining of the coat sleeve at the proper point to hold the cufi in adjusted position there within.

It will be apparent that the finger 5, engaging within the fold between the tab 12 and the edge of the cuif to which it is attached, will serve to brace this corner of the cuff and prevent the same from bending down should the wearer rest his arm upon a table or the like. It will also be apparent that the device when in use will support the cuff to which it is applied against tilting within the coat sleeve and against move ment into or out of the sleeve beyond the extent to which it is adjusted,

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing, the finger 5 is replaced by a finger 5 which is integral with one edge of the shank 1, and the button which in this form of the invention is inclicated at 7, is merely riveted to the strip 1 at a point opposite the inner end of the finger 5*.

In that form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawing the shank 1 is formed with two fingers 5 which project from the opposite lateral edge of the shank and are integral therewith, this modified form of the invention being adapted for use either upon a right-hand or left-hand cuff.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. A device of the class described, comprising a fiat-sided shank, a finger projecting laterally from the shank, a button upon the shank opposite the finger, and an attaching member supported by the shank at that side upon which the button is located.

2. In a device of the class described, a

shank, a finger pivoted to the shank, and a button carried by the pivot for the finger.

3. In a device of the class described, a shank, a button carried thereby, a rigid finger projecting laterally at one side of the shank at a point adjacent to the button, the said finger lying in a plane with the shank, and attaching means carried by the shank. I

i. In a device of the class described, a shank, means upon the shank for attaching the shank to a cuff, and a bracing finger for the cufr projecting laterally from the said shank, from a point substantially co-incident with the point at which the attach ment means is located.

5. In a device of the class described, a shank having an opening and formed with sockets located at opposite sides of the opening, a finger disposed against the shank and having an opening registering with the opening in the said shank and provided with a lug arranged to engage in said sockets, and a pivot fitted through the openings and provided with means for connection with a cuit.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY IV. WINTER. [1,. s.] Witnesses SAMUEL N. AcKER, J. D. YOAKLEY.

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